Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How far , then , does our knowledge of how genes code for proteins enable us to explain the shapes of organisms ? |
| 2 | The interest shown in the chur by the church in the statement of faith emboldens us to ask the assembly to authorize publication of the reworded statement for use in worship and teaching in confirmation classes , study groups and so on . |
| 3 | Naturally he encountered no opposition based on nationalism , but his fervent support of Islam led him to abandon the tolerant policy his predecessors had adopted towards the Hindu majority , and this probably intensified resistance to his advance . |
| 4 | The adoption of the italic script by many schools and a wider interest in the reform of handwriting encouraged him to initiate the founding of the Society for Italic Handwriting in 1952 , with a director of education , Joseph Compton , as chairman ; it soon had more than 500 members . |
| 5 | The coffee is strong and sweet with a glass of tea accompanying it to drown the sweetness . |
| 6 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 7 | When this is the case , pre-meeting briefing of supporters to get them to ask the right questions ( ones that you can answer well ) and to t ring in relevant information and viewpoints is essential . |
| 8 | The fact that some policewomen carry out both sets of duties allows them to contrast the two types of community relations , with general community relations work being seen as ‘ fun ’ and juvenile liaison as more demanding and difficult . |
| 9 | I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection to ask you to support the Walk for Laboratory Animals on Sunday , September 26 , at 31 venues . |
| 10 | How far does this framework of questions help you to identify the main points which relate to Britain 's foreign policy in this period ? |
| 11 | Models of welfare help us to comprehend the value systems underlying social policies . |
| 12 | Sir Robert 's luck was not in on this occasion , however , for Milton had already promised the desired appointment to Cockburn of Clerkington to induce him to lead the opposition in East Lothian to Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick , in order to secure the seat for Andrew Fletcher , younger of Saltoun . |
| 13 | Other Marxists have contended that Althusser 's rendering of Marx compels him to deny the evidence of Marx 's texts in which intentionalist as well as structuralist arguments are present ( Elster , 1985 ) . |
| 14 | Every incident that occurs within our circle of awareness causes us to ask the question ‘ How does this affect me ? ’ . |
| 15 | An immediate appeal to the BBC 's board of governors asking them to ban the programme is also to be made . |
| 16 | Another flash of lightning allowed him to see the figure of a woman running towards the rick . |
| 17 | Freud did this , even though his explicit view of science led him to think the scientist should not make judgements of this kind . |
| 18 | The Primitive Methodists , whose work was mostly amongst working people , admitted with a sorrow they could not hide that ‘ the growing worldliness of men needs a faithful and independent ministry ; the increased educational facilities and the advance of science challenge us to put the best talent we can produce into the pulpit ’ . |
| 19 | Other versions of BASIC allow you to choose the file number . |
| 20 | Most modern versions of BASIC allow you to drop the " LET " statement . |
| 21 | It is only after the Glorious Revolution — with the emergence of regular sessions of Parliament , when much of the ordinary business of government ( as opposed to just crisis situations ) came to be conducted along party lines , when Parliamentary divisions over a range of issues allow us to see the consistency of party allegiance amongst MPs , and when the parties came to develop fairly sophisticated organisational structures for the pursuit of their political goals — that it is possible to talk of a two-party system . |
| 22 | Robert Dodsley was encouraged by Daniel Defoe and by Pope whose gift of £100 helped him to enter the book-trade . |
| 23 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |
| 24 | The majority in the snail darter case thought that the best interpretation of the convention about statutes required them to enforce the literal meaning of the Environmental Protection Act unless it could be proved that Congress intended otherwise . |
| 25 | The President 's obsession with security led him to authorize the wire-tapping of government employees , while Liddy and Hunt , part of the Watergate burglary team , illegally entered the offices of a psychiatrist who had treated Daniel Ellsberg , the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press , in order to steal his medical records . |
| 26 | We were still climbing at full power and a touch of nose up trim enabled me to increase the rate of climb . |
| 27 | Victoria had written to her mother , the Queen , in March asking her to inform the Foreign Secretary , Lord Clarendon . |
| 28 | But before I went to Luggnagg , an official I had met in Lagado persuaded me to visit the small island of Glubbdubdrib . |
| 29 | As the week went on I got more and more anguished telegrams from home telling me to conclude the deal and come home . |
| 30 | Unfortunately there is all too little evidence from Britain to enable us to discern the precise nature of the relationship between the small towns and authority , although some tentative suggestions can be made . |